Bev
Day, Founding Director of O.W.L Orphaned Wildlife
Rehabilitation Society, Delta,
British
Columbia,
Canada,
spoke to scientists at the Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute,
in Chichi, Nantou County on May 6, 2007. The topic of Ms. Day’s
presentation was “A Blueprint for Rehabilitation.” Since 1985, the
Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
has been a non-profit organization whose volunteers are dedicated to
public education and the rehabilitation and release of injured and
orphaned birds;
http://www.owlcanada.ca.

The Taiwan International Birding Association team visiting
TESRI with Bev Day and Ralph Smith included Professor Chen Ching-shia,
Simon Liao, Jo Ann MacKenzie, Linda Kao and Novia Liu. Jo Ann gave a
speech on “Birding in
Taiwan;
Ecotourism on a Beautiful Island.” Dr. Chan Fang-tse and Yao Cheng-te
of TESRI escorted the TIBA group on a tour of the extensive TESRI
facilities.

In 2003, three representatives from
Taiwan spent one month volunteering in
Canada
at O.W.L. on an information exchange program. It is expected that a
similar exchange for furthering bird rehabilitation knowledge will be
arranged in the near future.